You can find a large selection
of Victorian-style, Gothic,
and Medieval corbels available
in our online Statuary Gallery
shopping cart along with our
unique line of statue products
including a large selection of
cast reproductions, classical
Greek and Roman statuary,
columns, pedestals and many
other one of kind custom made
statuary. We provide interior
decorators with stylish
corbels to match whatever
theme they are trying to
convey. Since there are a wide
variety of corbel styles and
wall hangings with brackets
available, choosing the right
type of corbel to match the
general motif of your house
will help you achieve
decorative harmony. Decorating
with classical matching
statuary where the monumental
statues, columns, corbels and
all the decor matches in
style, color and design. Some
of the corbels we offer are
highly detailed sculptures of
angels, animals, and period
specific pieces from the
following eras: Roman,
Victorian, Gothic, Medieval,
and Greek.

The technique of corbelling,
where rows of corbels deeply
keyed and anchored inside a
wall support a projecting
wall, parapet, corner turrets
or balconies have been used
since the Neolithic times.
Using decorative corbels is
common in Medieval
architecture and in the
Scottish baronial style as
well as in the Classical
architectural vocabulary, such
as the modillions of a
Corinthian cornice and in
ancient Chinese architecture.
In the later periods the
carved foliage and other
ornaments used on corbels
resemble those used in the
capitals of columns. Many
Medieval castles, Renaissance
mansions palaces and
Cathedrals are adorned with
corbels that are elaborately
decorated and designed to
structurally support the
architecture with impressive
style and elegance. A corbel
(or console) is essentially a
small wall hanging with a
built-in shelf on top,
typically mounted on an
interior wall and used as a
bracket. Corbels are generally
piece of stone or marble
jutting out of a wall to carry
any superincumbent weight.

Versatile and easy to install,
corbels can be used as
decorative features in
hallways and rooms, to support
mantels, shelves, or ceiling
arches. Outside they provide
interest supporting roof
overhangs. Using corbels in
your interior decor they can
be used to support small
decorative elements like
plants, statues, candles
family pictures or any
collective art work you would
like to proudly display.
Corbels also provide support
for shelves and kitchen
counters, bathrooms and
bedrooms. Two matching corbels
provide the perfect supports
for a mantle above a fireplace.
Corbels spaced at consistent
intervals create a sense of
visual order on your wall.
Corbels are typically placed
on both sides of a door, or
along the walls of your
hallway where candles, or
electric lights, can be
decorated where additional
light is needed. People often
perceive each other by how
they decorate their home or
work space, in today's day and
age the decorative aspects of
your home serve as a barometer
for people to see what kind of
person you are.

Use of just one corbel is not
uncommon at the end of a hall,
or along a wall in your guest
(or master) bathroom. When
more than one or two corbels
are used in a row its known as
corbelling. When more than two
corbels are arranged together
its referred to as a corbel
table, they can function like
brackets by using two (or
more) corbels with a board on
top, or glass piece, or a
shelf for books to be
organized on your wall.
Sculpted and/or carved corbels
make affordable fireplace
mantle support brackets for a
simple fireplace shelf, a
solid marble slab mantle top,
or a glass mantle shelf piece.

Corbels may be used under
kitchen cabinets, and other
cabinetry around your house,
to give the appearance of
structural supports, yet
truthfully serving as a
decorative interior effect. In
earlier times, corbels where
used to support balconies,
porches, and elaborate window
frames. Nowadays, corbels are
used as decorative
enhancements to give your home
the same ancient, or Medieval,
architectural look from the
past. In the process of church
or Medieval castle
construction, corbelling was
primarily used for the upper
levels of a castle and under
corner turrets, when defending
the castle objects could be
thrown at the enemy, in
between an opening in the
corbels. In the Medieval era,
corbels were designed to
support stairways that
protruded from the outside of
castle walls. Since
Neolithic/Medieval times,
corbels have been used to
support shelves and projecting
walls (as in castle building),
especially in Scottish,
English, and on occasion,
Chinese architecture.

Corbels that are built to be
used architecturally are
available upon request and can
be cast in cement with iron
rebar embedded inside each
casting. The iron rebar can be
made to stick out of the
corbel so that you can
incorporate the corbels easily
into your wall and/or ceiling
in a more structurally
permanent basis - with the use
of a masonry professional to
install them, of course.
Nowadays, from an
architectural point of view,
structural corbel vaulting is
not so common, due to modern
building materials being much
lighter than the stone used in
ancient times. This makes
using corbels even more
interesting, since it is less
common in modern interior (and
exterior) house designs. Being
that most corbels are purely
decorative, you can place them
anywhere you like, as opposed
to limited use as structurally
supportive architectural pieces.

If you need exterior corbels
we can upgrade the material
used in the casting process to
cement, hydrostone, fiberglass
or natural carved marble or
stone depending on your exact
project requirements. Let us
know your project requirements
and we will do the research
within our art department, and
talented sculptor artists, to
solve your unique custom
corbel and statuary needs.

We can have any of our
existing reproduction cast
corbels custom faux finished
to look like real marble or
stone. If you are looking for
authentic real carved marble,
granite or stone beautifully
carved by our skilled stone
sculptor artists made in many
natural colors. We can have
our marble carvers make all
your statuary to match and
carved out of the same solid
block of marble or stone.

Please contact our office to
discuss your custom project to
have the corbels custom made
to your exact specifications.